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Comparison

Neon vs Supabase

No clear leader: Supabase (75.0) and Neon (71.5) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

Neon full profile →Supabase full profile →
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Neon72
Supabase75
Score
vioscaleAI score
Neon72 / 100medium · 70%
Supabase75 / 100medium · 70%
Pricing
Free tier
Neon✓
Supabase✓
Model
Neonfreemium
Supabasefreemium
Price level
Neonlow
Supabasemid
Starting price
Neon–
Supabase$25
Transparent
Neon✗
Supabase✓
Integrations
Count
Neon2
Supabase12
Security
Certifications
Neon–
SupabaseSOC 2, ISO 27001
Disclosure policy
Neon–
Supabase✓
Fedramp
Neon✓
Supabase–
Gdpr
Neon✓
Supabase✓
Hipaa
Neon✓
Supabase✓
Iso27001
Neon✓
Supabase✓
Pci
Neon✓
Supabase✓
Soc2
Neon✓
Supabase✓
Trust center
Reliability
Sla pct
Neon99.95
Supabase–
Status page
Neon✓
Supabase✓
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Neon5 items
Supabase7 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for relational databases. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Core
SQL model
NeonFull SQL
SupabaseFull SQL
Transactions
ACID transactions
NeonFull
SupabaseFull
Highest isolation level
NeonSerializable
SupabaseSerializable
Consistency
Consistency
NeonStrong
SupabaseStrong
Scale
Horizontal scale
NeonRead replicas
Supabase-
Replication
Replication
NeonAsync
SupabaseAsync
Availability
Automatic failover / HA
Neon✓
Supabase-
Deployment
Deployment
NeonManaged
SupabaseManaged
Serverless / scale-to-zero
Neon✓
Supabase-
Compatibility
Wire compatibility
NeonPostgres protocol
SupabasePostgres protocol
Extensibility
Extensions / plugins / UDFs
Neon-
Supabase✓
Licensing
Licence class
NeonProprietary
SupabasePermissive OSS
Data types
JSON / document support
Neon-
Supabase✓
Geo / spatial
Neon-
Supabase-

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Neon

A fully-managed PostgreSQL database that automatically scales compute resources, supports Git-like environment branching, and includes built-in user authentication without additional licensing.

Independently observed

Supabase

Supabase is a PostgreSQL-based platform offering hosted databases with automatically generated REST and GraphQL APIs, real-time subscriptions via websockets, database functions, and vector search capabilities. It combines open source components to provide a managed alternative to proprietary backend platforms.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Neon

from $0.00/moUsage-basedFree tier

Free tier with 100 CU-hours/mo. Usage-based: Launch plan $0.106/CU-hr + $0.35/GB-mo, Scale plan $0.222/CU-hr + $0.35/GB-mo. Typical $15–$701/mo.

  • FreeFree
    • 100 projects
    • 100 CU-hours monthly per project
    • 0.5 GB storage per project
    • Compute up to 2 CU (8 GB RAM)
    • Unlimited team members
    • +4 more
  • LaunchUsage-based, typical $15/mo (intermittent load, 1 GB)
    • Compute autoscaling up to 16 CU
    • Scale to zero when inactive
    • Database storage with 7-day instant restore history
    • 100 snapshots
    • Monitoring with 3-day retention
    • +4 more
  • ScaleUsage-based, typical $701/mo (high load, 100 GB)
    • Compute autoscaling up to 56 CU
    • Configurable scale-to-zero
    • Database storage with up to 30-day instant restore history
    • 100 snapshots
    • SLAs included
    • +8 more
as of verify ↗

Supabase

from $25/moSubscriptionFree tier

Free tier available. Pro from $25/month, Team $599/month, Enterprise custom pricing. Usage-based billing for compute and overages.

  • FreeFree
    • Unlimited API requests
    • 50,000 monthly active users
    • 500 MB database size
    • Shared CPU, 500 MB RAM
    • 5 GB egress
    • +3 more
  • Pro$25/month for first project, additional projects $10/month
    • Everything in Free Plan
    • 100,000 monthly active users (overage: $0.00325/MAU)
    • 8 GB database size (overage: $0.125/GB)
    • 250 GB egress (overage: $0.09/GB)
    • 250 GB cached egress (overage: $0.03/GB)
    • +5 more
  • Team$599/month
    • Everything in Pro Plan
    • SOC2 Type II & ISO 27001 compliance
    • Project-scoped and read-only access controls
    • HIPAA available as paid add-on
    • Single Sign-On (SAML 2.0) for Dashboard
    • +3 more
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • Custom pricing
    • Designated support manager
    • Uptime SLAs
    • AWS PrivateLink support
    • 24×7×365 premium enterprise support
    • +2 more
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Neon✗
Supabase✓
CLI
Neon✓
Supabase✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Neon✓
Supabase✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Neon

2 total
  • Datadog
  • OpenTelemetry
Independently observed

Supabase

12 total
  • OpenAI
  • Hugging Face
  • Stripe
  • Algolia
  • AWS
  • Amazon Bedrock
  • Figma
  • LangChain
  • Vercel
  • Next.js
  • React
  • Flutter
Independently observed
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Neon or Supabase: which one depends on you

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Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.